Another World Returner’s Game Streaming

107 – One of Thousand – National Team Selection Competition (2)

Although it is very unfortunate, Korea is currently not showing much success on the international stage.

Of course, it wasn’t always like this from the beginning.

In the early days of the Thousand Open, as always, Korea produced many outstanding professional players and won significant wins in international competitions.

However, things began to change somewhat as Thousands became a worldwide hit.

While new stars appear every day overseas, in Korea, no new talent has emerged to replace the existing player base.

As time went by, the Korean team’s strength only weakened, and as a result, it ended up receiving far less than expected results in various international competitions, let alone winning.

The incident that peaked Korea’s weakening was none other than the so-called ‘New York Tragedy’, in which it was defeated by Japan in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games four years ago.

Four years ago, at the New York Olympics, Korea made a great effort to get into the medal bracket by recruiting all the veterans who were now retired.

And as a result, surprisingly, Korea defeated strong teams such as France and Russia one after another, raising hopes that they would win a medal this time.

However, unfortunately, the Korean national team faced Japan in the quarterfinals and lost to Japan after a fierce battle that lasted well over overtime.

Even though they put all of their reserve players into the game, who were conserving their stamina without thinking about the future, they were ultimately unable to overcome Japan and ended up frustrated in the quarterfinals.

Naturally, that day, Korea was completely turned upside down.

And, contrary to Korea, a party atmosphere was formed in Japan.

Even though they faced England in the semifinals and were beaten like dogs, the fact that they won the match between Korea and Japan was still more meaningful to Japan.

Even though Japan defeated Korea in the Olympics four years ago, they did not let down their guard against Korea.

This is because Japan knew very well that four years ago, Japan did not defeat Korea due to a complete difference in skill, but was able to achieve victory due to a combination of luck.

In that sense, it was only natural that Japan’s power analysis team was analyzing Korea’s professional league with an eagle eye.

Many of the existing players retired due to their age, and this year’s Korean team, which was unable to completely fill the void, was bound to be weaker than the last Olympics.

Of course, there are a few players who have been recognized for their skills and are active overseas, but the same is true in Japan.

First of all, the players that the existing power analysis team is paying attention to are Tenev and Chunhwa of UPX, which are currently considered the pinnacle of Korea’s professional league.

Although the two are active in Korea’s professional league, they were evaluated that they would be able to achieve meaningful results even if they went to an American or European league.

However, at this moment, the players Japan’s power analysis team was paying attention to were not those two players.

[Korea’s famous streamer Geomju (劍主) is likely to be selected as a member of the national team for this Olympics.]

– Streamer selected as national representative? In Japanese terms, it would be like a high school student playing at Koshien suddenly being selected to the major league.

– The streamer is the national representative haha. Have Koreans given up on this Olympics?

– But don’t let your guard down. Four years ago, Japan barely won against Korea by a narrow margin.

– Even taking that into account, Japan’s military power has improved incomparably compared to 4 years ago. It can’t even be compared to Korea, which has continued to decline since four years ago.

– So, Sword Master? Who is this? Are you a famous streamer?

– Anyone who has played Nightfall knows who that streamer is. It’s a streamer that Powell Software is giving a lot of support to these days.

– I’m a new streamer who hasn’t even played 10 games of Thousands so far. However, he won by decision over Chunhwa based on his physical strength that surpassed human limitations. Of course, it was an event match.

– ㄴ It’s too obvious to see that Chunhwa gritted his teeth and took part in the match to say it was a simple event match. LOL

– Whether by chance or skill, he is a streamer who is considered likely to compete for the Korean national team in this Olympics. I don’t care if you all want to criticize Kenju, but because of that, you may not be able to analyze that streamer objectively, so just keep your mouth shut for now.

In this way, Japan’s power analysis team defined Eugene as the biggest dark horse of this Olympics and attempted to analyze him from various aspects.

However, unfortunately, the power analysis team came up with only one result.

[Streamer sword analysis results: Analysis not possible.]

It was like that.

The power analysis team tried to analyze him by referencing not only Thousands but also Eugene’s Nightfall broadcast, but ultimately concluded that it was impossible to completely understand the extent of Eugene’s skills his.

And of course, the fact that the power analysis team failed to determine the extent of Eugene’s skills became a big topic on the Internet.

– ‘Unable to analyze’? Are these guys taking it back and saying that they are incredibly incompetent?

– The opposite. It seems that the power analysis team is warning us that we must not let down our guard against sword fighting.

– The national team entry list has not been officially released yet, but everyone is very excited…

As soon as the opinions of the Japanese power analysis team were made public, Japanese netizens began to set the Internet on fire with related controversies.

This is because there were two opinions: that we should actively accept the opinions of the power analysis team and prepare for Eugene, and that we should be so overreacting when he is only a rookie at best.

And the Korean side quickly noticed that Japanese community sites were on fire due to the controversy over Eugene.

Of course, this is because the Korean side also had considerable interest in what kind of conclusion the Japanese power analysis team came up with.

Just an hour after the debate about Eugene erupted on Japanese community sites, news related to Eugene was published in a Korean newspaper.

[Japan’s power analysis team, is streamer Soma the player they should be most afraid of in this Olympics?]

[Japan’s power analysis team says streamer Soma is ‘unanalyzable’… They go beyond their level of awareness… ]

[Japanese netizens voice their concerns, saying, ‘I don’t care if anyone else appears, but I hope Soma doesn’t join the national team.’]

In fact, up to this point, the level of interest in Eugene in Korea was not that high.

This is because during the Olympic season, people do not have a high level of trust in Internet articles because various rumors are circulated about the athletes.

However, the situation took a bit of a turn after Chun-hwa made a mistake and failed to keep his mouth shut in front of reporters.

An evaluation of Eugene by Japan’s power analysis team.

And Chunhwa’s meaningful statement that Eugene will definitely join the national team.

When these two things were combined, an incredible synergy was created that even Chunhwa, the person who uttered those words, could not have imagined.

It didn’t take long for the rumor about Eugene’s national team, which was just a piece of gossip, to degenerate into news that Eugene would be the leader of the national team at this Olympics.

It wasn’t until the situation got to this point that Eugene was able to figure out roughly how the situation was going.

Of course, he did not figure out the current situation on his own; it was Winter who tipped him off.

“Oppa. Is it really true that you are planning to captain the national team at this Olympics?”

“… What?”

Naturally, Eugene, who had been sleeping in the corner of the room after washing his feet and suddenly hearing such words, could not help but react in bewilderment.

“… National team? What national team?”

“Why are you suddenly acting the other way? I don’t think there’s at least no one in Korea who doesn’t know that my brother will be a member of the national team for this Olympics.”

However, Eugene was the only one who did not know the fact that everyone in the country knew.

Does this make sense?

Being elected as a national representative doesn’t mean being taken into the military, and there’s no way you would be forced to be elected even if you don’t know anything.

After having a detailed conversation with Eugene, Winter was able to realize that the news of Eugene’s election as a national representative was mere gossip.

However, at the same time, he realized that if Eugene wanted to, he could make the gossip true.

Currently, various portal sites are publishing articles related to Eugene’s election as national representative.

And looking at the comments on the news, I realized that public opinion related to it was also very positive.

Even if Eugene kept his mouth shut and stayed silent, the national team’s manager and coaching staff were now in a situation where they would have to offer Eugene the national team position.

However, the reaction of Eugene, who could actually be said to be the person involved, was only very indifferent.

“National team? Why me? I’m not really interested.”

“…You’re not interested in being a national representative? Why? Others are so anxious to be elected to the national representative position at all costs.”

“It’s just that I’m not really attracted to it. And I want to broadcast freely on my own, but I hate the idea of a manager or coach from above telling me to do this or that.”

Looking at Eugene waving his hand as he said that, Winter nibbled at him as if she was disappointed.

Seeing that he was so disgusted by the idea of being a member of the national team, it seemed like he really didn’t want to participate in this Olympics.

To be honest, it was a little disappointing.

If Eugene had been elected as a national representative, we would have been able to create a lot of content based on that…

“Yes, if that’s what my brother means, then there’s nothing I can do about it. However, I feel just a little bit disappointed. If my brother had been selected as a member of the national team and won a medal at this Olympics, the military issue would have been resolved…”

“… What?”

At that moment, Eugene’s body his temporarily became rigid.

What did he say just now? Military problem?

So is he now saying that I will have to go to the military someday?

“…”

I realized it only after hearing those words.

I had been in that world for 20 years, so I forgot, but in Korea, I was only 22 years old and subject to active duty conscription.

Until now, he had been treated as a missing person, so he was not subject to conscription, but since resident registration was restored, it was only a matter of time.

I don’t know when that will happen, but it wouldn’t be that strange if an enlistment notice arrived at Eugene’s house tomorrow.

And the moment he realized that fact, infinite patriotism began to form in Eugene’s heart.

This time, Korea is aiming for a medal at the Olympics?

If so, wouldn’t it be right for Eugene, as a proud member of the Republic of Korea, to achieve that great achievement together?

“…I have decided. This time, the Korean team I lead… Has an unconditional goal of winning the gold medal.”

And, at the same time, Eugene’s military exemption system is also a goal.

“…? You said you didn’t want to go just a little while ago, so what did you mean-“

Next to him, Winter was looking at him with a puzzled expression, but Eugene didn’t even care about that and started waving the Taegeukgi that existed in his heart

Long live the Republic of Korea.

Long live.

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